May 1, 2002



Crisis Vol. 20 No. 5 - May 2002

Features:

Christianity From the Outside
Eve Tushnet asks nine prominent non-Christians to describe their private view of the faith.

Casey's Heirs: The Plight of the Pro-Life Democrat Mark Stricherz reveals the anguish of congressmen stuck between their beliefs and their party.


Cover art by
Erich Lessing/
Art Resource, NY

The Very Model of a Modern Bishop
Russell Shaw says that the Catholic bishop's job description may soon change.

Playing Games With Good and Evil
Benjamin Wiker reports on the surprising tool being used by a new generation of Darwinians to explain away morality.

Praying the Rosary Through Art: The Sorrowful Mysteries
Maria Stella Ceplecha and Michaelene Zawistowski look at five paintings that help us imagine the sufferings of Christ.

Books - Arts - Culture:

Poem "For Schoolchildren"
Joseph Brodsky, translation by Tatyana Amelina and Harry Thomas

Temporal and Eternal
Charles Péguy, translated by Alexander Dru

Instances of the Number 3
Salley Vickers

Triumph: The Power and Glory of the Catholic Church - A 2,000-Year History
H.W. Crocker III

The Living Christ: The Extraordinary Lives of Today's Spiritual Heroes
Harold Fickett

After Augustine: The Meditative Reader and the Text
Brian Stock

If Love Were All
Terry Teachout says the truth of Monster's Ball is all on the surface.

The Search for a Larger Harmony
Robert R. Reilly praises and puzzles over a new oratorio by John Adams.

Departments:

Letters

Columns:

Sed Contra
Deal W. Hudson

Late Edition
Michael M. Uhlmann

From the Hill
Rick Santorum

These Parables
George W. Rutler

Sense & Nonsense
James V. Schall

End Notes
Ralph McInerny

Seeing Things
Robert Royal

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